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Arcadia / Pavilion / Rex, Adelaide

Venue Summary
Name Arcadia / Pavilion / Rex, Adelaide
Address 119-21 Rundle Street, Adelaide, South Australia 5000
Operation Dates 1910-07-10 - 1959-01-01
Capacity 1157
Suburban/Country City
Purpose Cinema
Screens 1
Roles
Venue Comments

Originally opened as the Arcadia in 1910; became the Pavilion in 1912; reopened as the Rex in 1933.

Film Weekly records the following changes in seating capacity:
1946/7 = 1157
1949/50 = 1148
1951/2 = 1125
1958/9 = 1145

References
1912 'THE "PAV".', The Mail, 15 June, p. 6, viewed 1 November, 2011, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article58185087

Adey, J 1999, 'Hoyts Rex', Kino Cinema Quarterly, no. 69, p. 8

Cinema & Theatre Historical Society 1997, CInema index : Melbourne cinemas, suburban cinemas, Victorian drive-ins. CATHS, Victoria.

Film Weekly, Film Weekly: Motion Picture Directory, Sydney. 1946/7-1960/1

Venue Events
Event Date Name of Venue Address Latitude /
Longitude
Capacity Suburban Purpose Screens
1910-07-10 Arcadia 119-21 Rundle Street
Adelaide
South Australia 5000
-34.9226472
138.6063297
City Cinema
1912-06-22 Pavilion



1933-03-31 Rex



1157 1

Screenings

Screenings
Films Distributor Dates
Belle Starr Twentieth Century-Fox 1942-08-31 - 1942-08-31
Whispering Ghosts Twentieth Century-Fox 1942-08-31 - 1942-08-31
Belle Starr Twentieth Century-Fox 1942-09-01 - 1942-09-01
Whispering Ghosts Twentieth Century-Fox 1942-09-01 - 1942-09-01
Belle Starr Twentieth Century-Fox 1942-09-02 - 1942-09-02
Whispering Ghosts Twentieth Century-Fox 1942-09-02 - 1942-09-02
Belle Starr Twentieth Century-Fox 1942-09-03 - 1942-09-03
Whispering Ghosts Twentieth Century-Fox 1942-09-03 - 1942-09-03
Little Foxes, The RKO Radio Pictures 1942-09-04 - 1942-09-04
All-American Co-Ed United Artists 1942-09-04 - 1942-09-04
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